Brown Rice
Brown rice is soooo much better for you than white and once you are used to it, you may begin to prefer it. Use short grain for a sticky rice and long grain when you want rice that won’t stick together. Here is a simple, yummy dish featuring brown rice:
Brown Rice with “Sausage”, Mushrooms and Spinach
2 cups long grain brown rice
4 cups +1 tbsp. water
sea salt
I pkg. Tofurkey Italian sausage, slices into 1/4″ diagonals
1 -8 0z. pkg. mushrooms, sliced
I lb. bag washed baby spinach
olive oil
Mix rice and water in pot. Bring to boil. Add pinch of salt, cover and lower heat to very low. Simmer for 45 minutes- no peeking! Cool and fluff rice to separate the grains.
Saute sausage in olive oil in large pot (you will need a big pot to put all that spinach in), stirring often, until it begins to brown. Add mushrooms. Cook for a few minutes until mushrooms begin to get tender and add the spinach. When spinach wilts down, add rice and heat through. Add more salt if needed.
It’s that easy! This is a great dish for company because you can prepare the rice ahead of time and also chop up the sausage and mushrooms.